Biological rhythms Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Openstax Psychology Chapter 4 Key Terms and Definitions Alpha Wave a tiny wave at the start of the sleep cycle where humans are fully awake Beta Wave a small wave that follows alpha waves in NREM-1 in which humans are still awake but getting more drowsy Biological Rhythm Internal rhythms of biological activity Circadian Rhythm Biological rhythm takes place over 24-hour period, sleep-wake cycle, linked to natural light-dark cycle (controlled by the hypothalamus-specifically regarding melatonin ...

Test Bank for an Introduction to Brain and Behavior 6th Edition Bryan Kolb Chapter 1 – What are the origins of Brain and Behaviour? 1. Brain abnormalities can be related to: A) 500 disorders. B) 1000 disorders. C) 1500 disorders. D) more than 2,000 disorders. 2. All the nerve processes radiating out beyond the brain and spinal cord as well as all the neurons outside the brain and spinal cord constitute the: A) nervous system. B) central nervous system. C) peripheral nervous system...

Test Bank Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology 5th EditionTable of Contents Chapter 1 Chemical neurotransmission ............................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 Transporters, Receptors, And Enzymes As Targets Of Psychopharmacological Drug Action 8 Chapter 3 Ion Channels as Targets Of Psychopharmacological Drug Action ..................................... 15 Chapter 4 Psychosis and schizophrenia ...........................................

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T or F Psychiatric illness is related to a number of factors (e.g., genetics, neurodevelopmental factors, drugs, infection, psychosocial experience). - ANSWER T Psychiatric illness results in an???? - ANSWER alteration in neurotransmitters or their function. These ______ are the targets of psychotropic drugs. - ANSWER alterations All mental activity has its ______ in the brain - ANSWER locus it is presumed that mental disorders arise from ________ alterations - ANSWER physiologic ...

Circadian Rhythms are: - Answer -Physical, mental, behavioral changes that occur over each 24 hour period -Cyclical -Governed primarily by light/dark Biological Clocks: - Answer -Control these cyclic responses -Composed of proteins in almost all tissues Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SNS) - Answer -Overall master clock -Composed of ~ 20,000 nerve cells -Located in the brain & receives direct input from eyes -SCN controls production of melatonin (hormone that makes you drowsy) Disruption...

Mood Disorders - Most common psych illnesses Primary characteristic is persistent disturbance in mood - Major Depressive Disorder Often occurs without precipitating event - MDD Object loss theory - Fairbairn, Winnicott & guntrip Aggression turned inward theory of MDD - Freud Cognitive Theory - Beck Learned Helplessness-Hopelessness Theory - Seligman Genetic predisposition - Strong genetic load for depression for child of depressed parent -having 3 fold increase in lifetime r...

First cells would have been autonomous, membrane-bound units capable of self-replication requiring - ANSWER-nucleic acids RNA - ANSWER-• RNA has catalytic activity (ribozymes) .• First enzymes could have been RNA. • Earliest self-replicating molecules could have been RNA. • Proteins are better catalysts and DNA is more stable than RNA Earliest organisms: - ANSWER-• Probably primary heterotrophs .• Derived nutrients from the environment. • No need to synthesize own food aut...

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